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More than 7 inches of rain fell in some areas, outpacing city's drainage system.
New Orleans was shaped by flooding and has long struggled to keep homes dry and the water out.
Federal government invested more than $14 billion on a 133-mile massive protection system of levees, pumps and other infrastructure.
Some of the infrastructure the city relies on is old; some pumps date back as much as a century .
A worst-case scenario is when a storm surprises forecasters and stalls over the city, dumping huge amounts of rain.
Climate change means the atmosphere can hold more moisture, which means the potential for big, wet storms.
Officials have also constructed ponds to hold stormwater and worked to improve power reliability.
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